Shoe and method of making the same



E. R. RUTHSATZ.

SHOE AND METHDD 0F MAKING THE SAME. APPLICATION FILED Nov. I?. 1917.

1,396,788. Patented Nov. 15, 1921.

attached` in one operation.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD R. RUTHSATZ, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. A

`SHOE AND METHOD 0F MAKING THE SAME.

'To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD R. Ru'rlrsarz, a citizen of the United States, and residing at St. Louis, Missouri, have invented the new and useful Improvement in Shoes and Methods of Making the Same, of which the following is a specification. g

This invention relates to shoesl and methods of making the same.

The heel of a ladys shoe is too high to be In practice, therefore, this heel is attached in sections, a base section being attached in the ordinary way, and theni the top section, loaded with nails, is attached to this base section. Since the nails for attaching the top Sectionare, however, necessarily long, on account of the height of the heel, it is impossible to drive these nails completely through the base section and clench them on the usual heel plate provided on the last. The result is, therefore, that these top securing nails will not be clenched at all, but will be simply inserted into the base section. This insecure anchoring of the top securing nails does not secure a firm attachment of the top section to the shoe. Now onaccount of the shape of the heel, tapering as `it does from the top to the base of the heel, necessitating, therefore, that the top securing nails be anchored at a considerable distance from "the end of the heel seat, any tipping force, to which the heel is necessarily subjected while in use will cause the top section to break away from the base section. g

One of the objects of this invention, therefore, is to provide a shoe in which the heel, and more especially the to section of a high heel, is `firmly and secure y attached to the shoe.

Another object is to provide a novel method for firmly and securely attaching high sectional heels, and more particularly the top sections of such heels, to shoes.

Further objects will appear from the detail description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a base section of a heel embodying this invention;

Fig. 2 is a section through a shoe, illustrating one step in the operation of attachingthe heel to the shoe;

Fig. 3 is a section through a loaded top section; Fig. 4 is a section similar to Fig. 2, but

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 15,1921.

Application led November 17, 1917. Serial No. 202,634.

upon which is mounted the shoe, comprising an upper 3, an insole 4, and an outsole 5. The heel comprises a base section 6, but this base section has attached to its heel seat engaging face, an element 7, whose function it is to secure the attachment of the top section to the shoe, as hereinafter described. This element comprises in this embodiment of the invention, a thin, soft steel plate, which is penetrable by the top securing fasteners, and which is attached to the heel seat of the heel by a suitable fastener 8. This plate is smaller than the base section of the heel, so as to be within the contour of the fasteners `attaching this base section to the shoe. In the operation of attaching a heel to a shoe, the base section is applied to the shoe in the usual way, and is secured by fasteners 9, which pass through the base section and the heel seat, and which are clenched on the heel plate 2 of the last, these fasteners passing outside of the contour of the plate 7, as shown in Fig. 2. The top section 10, loaded with nails l1, is new placed on the base section, and the nails l1 are driven home. These nails pass through the base section, and through the plate 7, as shown in Fig. 4. The plate 7 is thick enough so as to offer considerable resistance against penetration, and the result is, therefore, that the .points 12 of the nails are turned or clenched as they penetrate the plate, as shown in Fig. 5. Moreover,` this will serve to firmly anchor the nails by this clenching action in the heel seat of the shoe, so as to securely retain them in position. Moreover, this very clench, turning as it does the nail as it passes through the plate, will serve to offer considerable resistance against direct withdrawal of the nail, and more especially the turned point, from the plate. Moreover, as shown in Fig. 5, penetration of the nail through the plate will cause the formation of a bur 13, extending in the direction 0f movement of the penetrating nail, and as the plate is resilient, these burs will firmly but resiliently engage the sides of the nail,

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`so as to hug them close, and prevent withdrawal in the same manner that the prongs 'of a fish hook prevent withdrawal of the hook. This gripping action is enhanced by the fact that in the formation of heel attaching nails, the edges of the nails are roughened, so as to form, in fact, corrugations extending cross-Wise of the nails. Should, therefore, a nail not completely penetrate the heel seat, as shown in F ig. 5, this nail will still 'be firmly anchored in the basesection and the heel seat, so as to offer amaximum resistance against withdrawal.

It Will, of course, be understood that the heads of the top engaging nails or fasteners are left protruding, so as to permit spanking oneof the top 'lifts 14, in the usual manner. Y

lt will, therefore; be seen that the invention accomplishes its objects. A shoe is produced in which the heel will be firmly and securely attached so as to offer maximum resistance against detachment, more especially of the top section. The result is obtained in a simple'manner, and with only slight added cost.

It is obvious that various changes may be made in the details Without departing from thespirit `of this. invention. it is, therefore, to be understood that this invention is not to bev limited to the specific details described and shown.

`Having thus described the invention, What is claimed is:

V11n a shoe,V a heel comprising base and top sections, fasteners adapted to secure said top section, and means arranged in the path of and penetrable by said fasteners adapted to deflect the points thereof.

2. ln a shoe, a heel comprising base and top sections, fasteners adapted to secure said top section, andmeans arranged in the path 0f and penetrable by said fasteners adapted to positively grip the penetrated fasteners.

In a shoe, a heel comprising base and top sections, fasteners adapted to secure said K top section, and a plate of greater penetrating resistance than said heel sections, arranged on said base section and in the path of said fasteners. Y

4.111 a shoe, a heel comprising base and top sections, fasteners adapted to secure said base section, fasteners adapted to secure said top section, and means arranged inside of said base section-securing fasteners but in the path of said top-securing fasteners adapted to engage and retain said top-securing fasteners.

5. ln a shoe, a heel comprising base and top sections, fasteners adapted to secure said top section, and a penetrable clenching element arranged in the path of said fasteners.

6. The method of securing the top section of a sectional heel to the base .section on a shoe, comprising interposing in the path of the top-Securing fasteners a penetrable element of greater penetrating resistance than the heel sections, and inserting the top-securing fasteners through the base section and the element so as to be retained by the latter.

7. rEhe method of securing the top section of a sectional heel to the base section on a shoe, comprising interposing in the path of the top-securing fasteners a penetrable clenching element, and inserting the topesecuring fasteners through the base .section and against the element, substantially as and for the purpose set, forth.

Sp. The method of securing the top section of a sectional heel to the base section on a shoe, comprising interposingr in the path of the top-securing fasteners and between the base section and the heel seat a deflecting element, and inserting the top-securing fasteners through the base section and to engage the element, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

9. l'n a shoe, a base section of a sectional heel, having means combined therewith and arranged in the path of the top securing fasteners adapted to deiiect the points thereof.

l0. In a shoe, a base sectiou of a sectional heel, having combined therewith a diliicnltly penetrable plate arranged in the path of and penetrable by the top securing fasteners.

ll. In a shoe, a base section of a sectional heel, having a clenching plate on its heel seat engaging face.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature this 14th day of September, 1917.

. EDlV. R. RUTHSATZ. 

